The video shows two masked men, both young, enter the Maloney's Superette, 405 Stolp Ave. One of them levels a pistol-grip shotgun at the clerk. The clerk grabs the barrel of the gun before hitting the floor behind the counter.

The gun didn't go off and the clerk starts hitting the two hold-up men with a stick as one of the suspects tries to take the cash register. The only money taken in the holdup was the cash a customer had just put on the counter to buy beer, Connellan said.

Police are also interested in talking to the driver of a car that showed up four minutes before the robbery, Connellan said.

The man leaves the car running and comes into the store to buy an order of wings, Connellan said. The man throws money on the counter, runs back to the car, but the car lingers in the area.

Shortly after the car drives off, the two robbers come walking up to the store in the same direction.

Both the bandits appear to be juveniles, Connellan said. "We're asking teachers to take a good look," Connellan said.

Anyone with any information on either the two suspects in the hold up or the man who picked up the wings is asked to call detectives at 442-5222.

View full sizeProvided by Syracuse PoliceThis screen capture is from a surveillance video from Maloney's Superette, 405 Stolp Ave., Syracuse. It shows two robbers at left, one holding a pump shotgun, during a confrontation with a clerk, who is crouched behind the counter. At lower left is a customer who was caught in the middle of the incident.